About Irinjalakkuda Assembly Constituency
Irinjalakkuda is constituency No. 70 of Kerala legislative assembly. It is situated in Thrissur district. It comes under Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. Irinjalakuda is an open constituency.
According to the Election Commission of India, Irinjalakkuda has 1,74,214 registered voters. It comprises 81,445 male and 92,769 female registered voters.
In the 2011 Assembly elections, the Kerala Congress (Mani) clinched this seat. Thomas Unniyadan, the winning KEC(M) candidate, got 68,445 votes. CPI(M) candidate K.R.Vijaya, the nearest contender, got 56,041 votes. The winning margin was 12,404 votes. The voter turnout was 75.99 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Irinjalakuda Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Irinjalakuda assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 1957 | 65 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | Achutha Menon C. | M | CPI | 24140 | K. T. Achuthan | M | INC | 21480 |
| 1960 | 65 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | C. Achutha Menon | M | CPI | 29069 | P. Achutha Menon | M | PSP | 28708 |
| 1965 | 55 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | K. T. Achuthan | M | INC | 19302 | P. Appukutta Menon | M | IND | 13143 |
| 1967 | 55 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | C.K.Rajan | M | CPI | 27151 | R.Pozhekadavil | M | INC | 23515 |
| 1970 | 55 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | C. S. Gangadharan | M | KSP | 25543 | C. K. Rajan | M | CPI | 17729 |
| 1977 | 63 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | Sidharthan Kattungal | M | INC | 33377 | John Manjooran | M | IND | 31243 |
| 1980 | 63 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | Joes Thanickal | M | INC(U) | 36086 | A. P. George | M | JNP | 28396 |
| 1982 | 63 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | Lonappan Nambadan | M | IND | 36164 | Jose Thanickal | M | IND | 29398 |
| 1987 | 63 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | Lonappan Nambadan | M | IND | 48567 | M. C. Paul | M | INC | 37478 |
| 1991 | 63 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | Lonappan Nambadan | M | IND | 53351 | A.L. Sebastian | M | KCM | 43927 |
| 1996 | 63 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | Lonappan Nambadan | M | IND | 49421 | Thomas Unniyadan | M | KEC(M) | 43295 |
| 2001 | 63 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | Thomas Unniyadan | M | KEC(M) | 54242 | T.Sasidharan | M | CPM | 53836 |
| 2006 | 63 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | Adv.Thomas Unniyadan | M | KEC(M) | 58825 | C.K.Chandran | M | CPI(M) | 50830 |
| 2011 | 70 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | Adv.Thomas Unniyadan | M | KEC(M) | 68445 | Adv. K.R.Vijaya | F | CPM | 56041 |
| 2016 | 63 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | K. U. Arunan | M | CPI M | 59380 | Thomas Unniyadan | M | KC M | 57019 |
| 2021 | 63 | Irinjalakuda | GEN | R. Bindu | M | CPI(M) | 62493 | Thomas Unniyadan | M | KC M | 56544 |
Last Updated on July 27, 2021